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The aim of this study is to determine the mobile phone use level of university students and the effect of their mobile phone use on their academic success. The study was carried out between February-March 2020 as a descriptive study in Vocational High School of Healthcare Service. The population of study consists of 2400 students that study in Vocational High School of Healthcare Service, the sample of it consists of 335 students that wanted to participate in the study. An information form and Problematic Mobile Phone Use Scale for University Students, created by reviewing literature, were used to collect data. Students averagely use mobile phones for 4.5 ±1.54 hours and social media for 2.3±0.79 hours daily. Students use their phones at the rate of 32.5% for internet and 23% of them regard spending time on mobile phone as a waste of time. According to problematic mobile phone use scale, the means of students is 62.27, their mean is 23.50 at the deprivation sub-dimension, 13.58 at the adverse outcomes sub-dimension, 16.08 at the control problem sub-dimension and 9.08 at the interaction avoidance sub-dimension. The problematic mobile phone use scale means of students, whose academic success are above the average, was found as lower, the problematic mobile phone use scale means of students, who spend time on their phone more than 6 hours daily, was found as higher.

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